DCHP-2
shell wampum Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a bead or beads of shell,Venus mercenaria, later also of porcelain, important as a kind of currency among eastern Indians.
See also: wampum (def. 1)
- 1926 European traders substituted porcelain for shell wampum and degraded its value. . . .
- 1926 European traders substituted porcelain for shell wampum and degraded its value. . . .